Clothes-pin.



PATBNTED APR. 24, 1906.

C. W. BOESE.

CLOTHES PIN.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 17, 1905.

Inventor.-

Attorneys Wit esses k W UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. CHARLES W. BOESE, oa'i ii IPLE, TEXAS. CLOTHES-PIN- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 24, 1906.

Application filed November 17,1905. Serial No. 287,849.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES W. BOESE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Temple, in the county of Bell and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Clothes-Pin, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to clothes-pins, and has for an object to provide a pin which is of simple, durable, and inexpensive construction and which will firmly secure clothes upon a line and which can be conveniently grasped for the purpose of releasing the clothes therefrom.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, shown in the accompanying drawin s, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes in the form, proportion, size, and minor details within the scope of said appended claims may be made without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the improved clothes-pin engaged. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a similar pin disengaged. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the improved pin engaged. Fig. 4 is a per spective view of the pin shown at Fig. 3 dis engaged.

Like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all of the figures of the drawings.

The improved clothes-pin forming the subject-matter of this application as embodied in the form shown at Figs. 1 and 2 comprises a helix 10, proportioned to encircle a clothesline, as 11, and to be moved slidably thereon. At each end of and resiliently connected therewith are the resilient members or coils l2 and 13, normally spaced from the line 11 and formed of a continuation of the wire of the helix and further continued to form the resilient arms 14 and 15, which extend in a reversely and downwardly inclined position, so that they cross below the helix.

At their ends the wires of the arms are bent upwardly, as at 16 and 17, and again downwardly, as at 18 and 19, to form the acute angles or V -shaped riders, as 20 and 21. From the lower end of the arms 18 and 19' the wires are bent upwardly, as at 22 and 23, and terminate in angularly-disposed finger-pieces 24 and 25.

In the form shown in Figs. 3 and 4 the helix 10 is similar to the helix 10; but the rcsilient members 12 and 13 are bent to stand upwardly from the helix and carry the coils 12 and 13 at their upper ends and at a considerable distance above the line. From the coils the wires extend reversely downwardly in the arms 14 and 15 and cross normally adjacent the helix and terminate below the helix in the upwardly-bent sections 16 and 17. At the upper ends of the sections 16 and .17 the wires are bent to form the down wardly-extending sections 18 and 19, defining the acute-angled or V-shaped riders 20 and 21, proportioned to engage the line upon the ends of the helix respectively opposite their connections therewith. From the lower ends of the sections 19 and 20 the wires are again bent upwardly, as at 22 and 23, and respectively terminate in the angularly-disposed linger-pieces 24 and 25. It will be noticed that these linger-pieces 24. and 25 always extend above the line and can therefore be readily grasped above the clothes even while the pin is engaging them.

Even though each part is not specifically so described it is to be understood that the entire pin is made of a single piece of resilient wire and that each part is therefore resilient, and where in the description wires, arms, sections, and the like are mentioned it is to be understood that they are parts of the same integral piece of wire, but at opposite ends thereof and reversely disposed.

The two forms of pins here shown and described operate similarly, and a description of the operation of one will apply to the operation of both unless specifically restricted. The helix will slidably embrace the line at all times, and the resilient arms will be normally disposed in a downwardly-extending incline, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4.

A fabric or garment is placed upon the line in the usual manner and the pin slidably moved until the resilient members 12 and 13 (12 13) are over the edge of the fabric. One of the arms, as 15, (15,) is then raised by means of the fingerpiece and the rider clasped over the line and fabric. The rider being V-shaped will clasp and hold a fabric of any ordinary thickness as firmly as any other thickness.

When the opposite arm 14 (14) is likewise clasped upon a fabric, the resilient member 12 (12) be moved toward the line, as plainly indicated in the drawings.

In the form shown at' Fig. 1 the resilient member is clamped firmly upon the garment, While in the form shown at Fig. 3 the interval is greater and only thick and heavy fabrics will be clamped by such auxiliary clamp, although it is of course obvious that the interval in either form may be varied at Will.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed is 1. A clothes-pin comprising a line-receiving helix, resilient members extending from the ends of the helix, crossed resilient arms extending from said members and past the helix, means carried by said arms for clamping fabrics upon a line, arms extending from said means, and angularly-disposed fingerpieces projecting from said arms.

2. A clothes-pin comprising a line-receiving helix, resilient members extending from the ends thereof, crossed resilient arms extending from said members and past the helix, V-shaped riders carried by said members for clamping fabrics upon a line, arms extending from the riders, and finger-pieces extending at angles from said arms.

3. A clothes-pin comprising a line-receiving helix, resilient members extending from the ends of the helix, crossed resilient arms extending from said members and past the helix, means carried by said arms for clamping fabrics upon a'line, arms extending from said means, and angularly-disposed fingerpieces projecting from said arms and past the ends of the helix.

In testimony thatI claim the foregoing as my oWn I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES W. BOESE.

Witnesses W. E. WILLIs, EUGENE M. GASKET. 

